{"product_id":"the-oxford-india-ghalib-life-letters-and-ghazals","title":"The Oxford India Ghalib:  Life, Letters and Ghazals","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ralaph Russell\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Edito: Ralaph Russell\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 572\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195692381\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), noble, poet, and wit of nineteenth-century Delhi, is the most famous and popular of the Urdu poets that the Indian subcontinent has produced. His life spans the years of the twilight of the Mughals, the revolt of 1857 and the terrible aftermath. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis complete Ghalib anthology comprises poetry and prose translated from both Persian and Urdu, biographical details and provides a context within which modern-day, English-speaking readers can read and understand his poetry. Introduced and selected by Ralph Russell, an eminent Urdu scholar, this collection presents a representative selection of Ghalib’s writings set against a portrait of the man and the times in which he lived. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRalph Russell’s? Ghalib: A Self-Portrait? Gives a picture of his personality as it emerges in passages from his Persian and Urdu letters and prose, including his diary, and other materials, which are arranged to tell the story of his life. Percival Spear describes the Delhi of Ghalib’s day. New translations from Ghalib’s Urdu and Persian ghazals form a significant part of the volume and are being published for the first time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA note on translating Ghalib, a survey of his Urdu and Persian poetry, and a detailed explanatory index provided to guide readers complete the volume. The first-ever compendium of Ghalib’s oeuvre, The Oxford India Ghalib, is a collector’s item for aficionados of Urdu literature and especially of its poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview:\u003cbr\u003e'…The last word on Ghalib in every sense of the word.'\u003cbr\u003e    - Khushwant Singh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  Ghalib: A Self-portrait\u003cbr\u003e    Ralph Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I : GHALIB’S PROSE AND ITS CONTEXT\u003cbr\u003eGhalib: Life and Letters\u003cbr\u003e  Ralph Russell and Khurhidul Islam\u003cbr\u003eGhalib’s Delhi\u003cbr\u003e  Percival Spear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II : GHALIB’S POETRY\u003cbr\u003eGetting to Know Ghalib\u003cbr\u003e  Ralph Russell\u003cbr\u003eSelections from Ghalib’s Verse\u003cbr\u003e  Introductory Note\u003cbr\u003e  Ralph Russell\u003cbr\u003eGhalib’s Urdu Verse\u003cbr\u003e  Ralph Russell\u003cbr\u003eGhalib’s Persian Poetry \u003cbr\u003eA.Bausani\u003cbr\u003eGhalib’s Persian Verse\u003cbr\u003e  Ralph Russell\u003cbr\u003eOn Translating Ghalib\u003cbr\u003e  Ralph Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Index to Life and Letters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplanatory Index to the Verse\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ralaph Russell \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153557549424,"sku":"22830","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/22830.jpg?v=1793911120","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-oxford-india-ghalib-life-letters-and-ghazals","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}